Never heard of him but sounds like it's worth a watch.
I'm a fan of a neuroendocrinologist called Robert Sapolsky. His lectures at Stanford university are on there, they're fascinating. All about human (and other creatures) behaviour.
Just because you don't play to a high level doesn't mean you can't have a great understanding of a sport.
Wenger and Mourhinio come to mind regarding football and I dont Angelo Dundee boxed at any level.
What has a government brief got to do with presenting a sports show?
And lack of experience hasn't held back anyone else in the cabinet, neither has lack of intelligence or bone idleness for that matter.
I was convinced that when Sue Barker was appointed there was a similar meltdown to this but I couldn't find it anything about it but Richard Osman said on Twitter there was. Gammon gonna to gammon.