The norm is 16 positive, 25 negative for typical sports personality, ... Those with overwhelming positive ratings are the exceptions, not the rule.
He's definitely got shelf life. He's one of those rare breeds that comes along once or twice in lifetime.
It's part of an interesting phenomena that this computer got its 15 minutes of fame and three years later we are still counting. I think it points to our evolving relationship with technology as it becomes part of everyday life,
He's lost his edge with the general population since he's not out there winning everything. His positives are edging down, his negatives are edging up.
It does not tend to affect the (fans') perceptions of other players.
It's going to have a reverberating effect on the whole sport. No question about it,