After college - no options for some women athletes

Erin Prediger, a student and field hockey player at Boston University wrote this great piece - "Women's lives in sports are far too limited" for the student newspaper - the Daily Free Press. I'm going to reprint a bit of it here b/c the paper has a registration block (You can read some of it, but not all. Note to editors - unless you are a major news publication, these registrations only prevent a new audience from seeing your content and hard work). Here' s an excerpt of Prediger's piece ...

"My collegiate career has been everything I imagined. I love being part of the team. I love pushing my body to its limit. I love the nervous feeling before every game, making the impossible save; I love competing."

"I want this feeling and lifestyle to last forever. There is only one problem. I am a woman. And my time as an athlete is winding down. I come home every night and find myself on the verge of an identity crisis."

"I wish it were possible for me to play field hockey after I graduate from college. If only there was a demand for women's sports in this country. My dream is to play in front of a crowd, earning a salary to play the sport I love. But reality doesn't coincide with my fantasy. The ending to this chapter in my life was written long before the beginning." (Prediger, Daily Free Press, BU, Posted 9/13/05)