21.   Sport needs its historic walled provincial capitals, but not at any cost.

22.   Team captain Mark Messier emphasized that the sport needed to move beyond the ugly attack.

23.   That said, the sport needs an overhaul.

24.   The days leading up to the Belmont had included a clamoring from Baffert, fans and people in the racing industry that the sport needed another Triple Crown champion.

25.   The last thing this badly damaged sport needs is another game of chicken.

26.   The owners pointed to Montreal as an example of why the sport needed revenue sharing and a salary cap.

27.   The sport needed a generation that could appreciate Dr. J and Kareem and Bird and Magic and Michael, superstars who might pass your way rarely.

28.   The sport needs an attraction.

29.   The sport needs him.

30.   The sport needs to do more to promote itself.