Former Kansas Metropolis Chiefs public deal with announcer Dale Carter reacted to his substitute after asserting he had give up working for the staff after 16 years.
“I simply noticed that my buddy Nate Rohr will succeed me as stadium voice of the Chiefs,” Carter shared via Facebook on Sunday, September 14. “Nice selection! Go get 'em Nate!!”
Rohr commented on the put up, “You're all class Dale Carter and also you left massive footwear to fill. I'll attempt to add the usual!”
Carter introduced on Friday, September 12, that he was vacating his job as public deal with announcer at Arrowhead Stadium.
The beloved member of Chiefs Kingdom had change into well-known for his iconic “It's. Third. Down.” name contained in the stadium which, sarcastically, led to his resignation.
“Final season, as we had been heading into the playoffs, the individuals I work for (65 TPT Productions) advised me they had been listening to from ‘a excessive degree' that somebody had heard one other PA man at one other stadium actually amp it up on third down and so they wished me to experiment with completely different calls,” Carter wrote by way of Fb on Friday. “A few of you caught on to that and talked about that you just observed. I didn't agree with what they wished me to do however I've all the time been a staff participant and tried to do no matter they wished me to strive. Till this week.”
Carter obtained a name on September 9 informing him that “they wished the opposite PA man (the one who does pre-game actions and reads the commercials in sport) to begin doing the third down name to shake issues up.”
“That was my crimson line,” Carter wrote. “I want them one of the best of luck.”
Carter stated he was at peace along with his resolution, which he stated would give him extra time to “to concentrate on my household, radio, [my] podcast and my 2026 run for Jackson County Legislature.”
“I used to be blessed to be the Chiefs PA announcer for 16 seasons plus 1 preseason sport,” he wrote. “I by no means missed a sport throughout that point (even going to London for a whirlwind 48 hours). I labored each main Fall/Winter vacation. I really feel like I gave the whole lot I had. It's simply time to shut that chapter.”
The morning after the Chiefs' residence opener on Sunday — a 20-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles — Carter admitted it would take some time to regulate to his new regular.
“I admit … yesterday was bizarre for me,” Carter wrote by way of Fb on Monday, September 15. “However I'm coming to grips with being the FORMER PA voice of the Chiefs.”
