It makes no sense- but the point is that OP is worried that there’s some nefarious strategy going on to cut aid to which a student is entitled under the college’s policy… and a poster asked what’s the upside to cutting aid.
I’m pointing out that if a college’s finances are so precarious that it indeed has a strategy to cut aid in subsequent years- that’s a problem.
But otherwise- there are likely some facts NOT in evidence here, and the cut in aid was due to an increase in assets, income, reduction in family size, etc.