YEAH, THAT NIKE CONSPIRACY THEORY IS A LOAD OF BULLSHIT IN MY OPINION!!
IRONICALLY, I HEARD AN INTERVIEW WITH A SOUTH AMERICAN FOOTBALL EXPERT THIS AFTERNOON AND HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE 1998 RONALDO INCIDENT. HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH DEFINATIVE PROOF - BECAUSE EVERYONE INVOLVED WAS SWORN TO SECRECY - HE BELIEVED THAT RONALDO INJURED HIMSELF WHILE SLEEP-WALKING THAT AFTERNOON, WHICH APPARENTLY HE WAS PRONE TO DOING.
HE SAID HE DOUBTED WHETHER THE REAL STORY WOULD COME OUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE INVOLVED WERE FEARFUL OF THE CONSQUENCES OF REVEALING THE TRUE STORY!!
GUNNERZ4LIFE,
RONALDO DID INDEED WIN THE GOLDEN BALL FOR PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT IN 1998.
