Yeah it didn't affect Gretzky at all, he still made his money. I guarantee he made a crap-ton more from product endorsements and other secondary sources of income as the face of the L.A. Kings than he ever would have in Detroit.
I don't think it's mere coincidence that Pocklington, McNall, and Skalbania all went bust eventually. (In the case of Skalbania, multiple times.) Even Arthur Griffiths eventually overleveraged himself building GM Place and buying an NBA expansion franchise, and got the hell out of the pro sports business.
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