@Spike20010 I don’t think this is as nefarious as it seems to you. While I can’t speak to this particular coach or form, it’s fairly common for Ivy coaches (esp. non-HYP) to let the FA office know which other Ivies are recruiting an athlete. Cornell has an official form for this that asks for a lot of the details you mention as well as a signature stating that it’s true information. Other schools have internal criteria that must be met, such as at least two emails, or a campus visit. Sometimes there’s specific documentation requirements coaches need to show. It’s less formal at other places. I know one recruit at another Ivy who was asked to share emails from another Ivy coach, which could be mostly redacted and were really just required to be something more than form letters.
All of this is really in the best interest of the recruit. It’s easier if the FA office knows this up front, although some programs will wait to see a competing estimate and then match it. But athletes I know at Cornell never saw a “Cornell” FA estimate; they filled out the form indicating recruiting interest at MIT, Stanford, or another Ivy and saw the best of those presented as their Cornell estimate. The end goal is that athletes can decide based on fit not finances.
ETA: not on the FA website at Cornell because it’s for a very narrow audience