Nope, I don’t think it matters if a sports person has a criminal record.
Many sportsmen/women have a bit of a “chequred” past. They often get pushed into sports because they come from tough backgrounds and maybe schooling didn’t seem like much of an option for them.
Many of these people find that success in sports gives them a chance to make something of themselves, I don’t see how taking that chance away from them helps anyone.
Now sports people who continually get themselves in the cack even after making it in their sport is a different matter..King,Barton etc etc!