The major sports in America, such as baseball, basketball, and football, suffer from a lot of inaction, in which, periodically we so find, that nothing much is happening of import on the field in real time; so then, in order to keep the interest of those so watching such on television, fans are typically kept engaged through the watching of replays, both in slow motion as well as in normal speed. This, quite obviously, is beneficial for sports fans, but therein does lie the rub, when somehow, the replay is still going on, but the live action on the field has returned and is not being instantly displayed. That is to say, occasionally there are those times, when replays are still being shown, when something else of interest is happening live on the field -- which obviously seems then to be a case in which the live action, has somehow taken a back seat to a given replay, though typically for only a very brief amount of time.
As much value as a given replay so represents, it seems sensible that the live action on the field, should be something that at least is being displayed, as much as possible, if not all of the time, by, for instance, having a live picture-in-picture shown during a replay, displayed then in the corner of the television screen, thereby providing for the fan watching the game, the opportunity to keep an eye upon the live action, should they be so inclined; because quite frankly, sports action can ensue, in which sports purists, are always disappointed when they are unable to see exactly how a given play developed in real time. The bottom line is that the director of the sporting event, can’t possibly keep their eyes on every camera so being utilized in the game, and additionally, even if desired, they are not always able to instantly switch over to live action, because the play of the live game, can be faster than the eye.
So too, in recognition that most sporting events dedicate one corner of the screen to showing the real time score, along with other pertinent information, and often another corner of the screen, seems to serve as advertising space for the broadcaster, or even for ads themselves, then to dedicate some portion of one of the corners of that screen to always having a camera on the live action, would not seem to be all that daunting of a task, at all.
Again, it is well to point out, that replays have not always existed on televised sports, and though, most fans, appreciate replays and know of their inherent value; it has to be said that those that are most engaged in watching sports, do not desire to miss the live action of the sport, and when they do, they are disappointed, especially when something significant has happened, because they are unable then to fully appreciate what has so occurred in real time. Therefore, sports television broadcasters should seriously consider, dedicating one portion of the screen, when replays are thus being shown, to the field of live action, instead.