I was offered the job of T'Bird announcer at one time, and turned it down. Coulda, woulda, shoulda... But at that time, my daughters were pre-teens and the idea of them spending three years in Las Vegas with me gone 300 days a year was not tenable.
On the bright side, that decision eventually allowed me to be the NASA countdown guy, so it all worked out for the best.
Still, there is NOTHING like flying high-performance jets.
