Athletes can find life after sports, but also challenges
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After graduating high school, student-athletes are left with a decision: keep trying to participate in an organized sport or give it up. That decision can lead to many different ramifications physically, but also mentally. For Giorgi Ballis, 19, and his brother Yanni Ballis, 20, the plan had been to come to Michigan State University and play rugby together — just like they had in middle school and high school. But when Giorgi got to campus this year, after two rugby practices, he was out. “People can say it was planned,” Giorgi said of playing with his brother.
