Nike CTR 360 Cleats, A Very Bad Choice...?

This is our experience with them. Am I being fair with my obervations after our very bad experiences?

A couple weeks after purchasing my daughter her Nike CTR360 cleats (our English friends refer to them as “boots”) she suffered an injury to her right ankle. Since then she has suffered numerous injuries to include a severe ankle sprain.

This past weekend my daughter showed me an approximately one inch diameter blister on her right foot, on the ball just below her big toe. Examining the inside of the cleat I noticed a large buildup on the medial half of the shoe and the lateral half was depressed. This forced more pressure on the outside of the foot and substantially increased to possibility for ankle rolls to the outside.

Further close examination it was apparent there was something else as well, a depression on the medial side, between the second and third outter prominace (plastic extension, aka: cleat). The size of this was about one inch as well.

I am not an engineer but only a concerned father. So, I decided to take a closer look at this cleat. Simply looking at the construction at the bottom of the cleats it is quite noticeable there is far more plastic at the base of the individual plastic type extensions where they attach to the shoe. Although, there are regions of lesser strength at various parts the portions where there are not plastic extensions. Thusly, medially between the second and third plastic extension cleat there is no extra strengthening. This is a critical place not to have it because of all start ups and stops required while playing soccer. This highly stressed region the shoe either came with or developed a depression.

To make sure my observations were correct another player borrowed these cleats for one game. She noticed a very awkward feel to the cleats and said she would never wear them again.

Thanks in advance.