Human stereo vision doesn't work at long distances, because of the geometry - the exact distance depends on how good your eyesight is, but somewhere around 18 feet [1] the brain starts using other cues because the difference between what your left and right eyes see is so minuscule.
This all happens unconsciously so you don't notice - but when you estimate the speed of a car 100 meters away, you actually start comparing its motion to the road markings, using your knowledge of about how big a car is, and so on.
So a bird's eye view doesn't really benefit from stereo vision. I suspect they like to put in those weird close-up shots to make the people paying $$$$ for 3D notice the 3D effect and feel they've got their money's worth.
Also I’ve tried some experiments with VR looking down over a race track with virtual race going on and it’s totally awesome- but that was in full 3D so more exciting I guess.
I think such a virtual camera technically almost is possible. Getting a smoothly moving camera image that doesn’t get distracted by ball-like objects (e.g. a bald referee, as happened in soccer recently) and tunes zoom levels to show just enough action probably is the hardest part.
Would probably also need some kind of remote GPU too like Google Stadia if you’re going to get any kind of real-life picture quality.
https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/sports/technology/...
I agree if they put the camera somewhere cool, like right above the pitch kind of like god-view, that would be awesome.
Not sure I'd pay 3,500 for it though....