MD88 FLC ENCOUNTER A GLIDER BTWN 9000-10000 FT DURING DSCNT INTO COS.

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WE WERE FLYING FROM ATL TO COS. JUST E OF BRK VOR; WE WERE GIVEN A 275 DEG HDG AND CLRNC DOWN TO 9000 FT MSL. WE KNEW TO LOOK FOR GLIDERS. THE CAPT HAD FLOWN INTO COLORADO SPRINGS ENOUGH TIMES TO BE AWARE OF MEADOW LAKE FIELD (I THINK); AND ATIS HAD AN ADVISORY FOR GLIDER TFC. PASSING 10000 FT MSL FOR 9000 FT MSL; WE WERE APCHING A YELLOW GLIDER FROM HIS DEAD 6 O'CLOCK POS. WE DID NOT SEE HIM UNTIL HE STARTED A R TURN. WE CHKED ABOUT 20 DEGS L AND PASSED WITHIN 1000 FT HORIZ AND 200 FT VERT. THE CAPT SPOKE WITH ATC ON THE GND. I THINK HE COULD ONLY REACH A TWR CTLR. THE CTLR SAID THAT THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE IS NOT UNUSUAL. HE ALSO SAID THAT MOST ARRS ARE BROUGHT IN OVER BRK WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THE GLIDER FIELD. I DO NOT THINK THAT IT IS SAFE TO VECTOR AIRLINERS OVER A GLIDER FIELD. THAT IS A RECIPE FOR CONFLICTS. A PUBLISHED ARR INTO COLORADO SPRINGS AWAY FROM THE BRK VOR AND MEADOW LAKE ARPT WOULD DO 2 THINGS: 1) IT WOULD DECONFLICT THE GLIDER AND AIRLINER TFC. 2) IT WOULD GIVE THE GLIDER PLTS AN IDEA WHERE THE AIRLINERS ARE FLYING; SO THEY COULD AVOID THE AREA.