Yes and no.
As a set collector, I want the full set. Thus, I have OJ Simpson 1970-1972 for my sets, but bought them in terrible shape as low as I could and don't really like them. I like it better than a gap in my set, but it leaves a poor taste, if the personal issues with the athlete are extreme. I don't care if an athlete was not a stellar moralist, fails to be on the 'right side' of wherever today's line is drawn on popular social issues, or if they do not share my political views. It takes an OJ level of extreme wrongdoing to make me care.
On the other hand, it does not bother me at all if the figure is of historical import and in a history focused set. I don't mind a Hitler card for a set of WWII cards. Perhaps a little inconsistent, but that's how it works for me. History is nasty and brutal, sports are not inherently so and a break from the serious, perhaps that's why OJ bothers me.
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