I guess a question that needs to be resolved first is what percentage of archers consider archery a sport compared to a passtime/hobby. I would rather bet it is fairly small.
If you look at local (sunday afternoon pub, etc) football, cricket etc. teams, whilst the skill levels are relatively low, most participants take part in the fervent belief that they have been overlooked by the national selection hierarchy by mistake, but it is only a matter of time. I don't think the same is true of archery. So whilst I read somewhere that archery is one of the highest participation sports in the Uk, it isn't considered in the same way. Plus it doesn't exactly make great spectator sport (don't all shout at me please). However, that being said, any TV channel that seems able to dedicate the whole weekend to fishing in its various forms should really be able to find a half hour slot for archery
