I did not need to go into details to read, hear and interpret what Christiano Ronaldo said in order to agree with what he said and also because this has long been a topic of confusion for me, because I see players who are supposed to win the Ballon d' Or after proving beyond reasonable doubt of their talents and input till the final when their team won all thanks to their brilliance and team play, actually have this much coveted award given to someone else who had less presence till the final and neither did as much to deserve it. Like a case of sometime back when everyone thought Vini Jnr was going to win the award but it was rather given to someone else and on other occasions too.
So I definitely agree that only players who make it to the final should be allowed to participate in the award nominations except for players who played exceptionally and remained consistent for more than 3 seasons even though they didn't get to the final,can be nominated too for the Ballon d' Or awards.