8/10/26 - Schools get nasty as referendums loom, former NBA players declare for WNBA, Braun's gas tax suspension

Today’s episode of The Rob Kendall Show opens with Rob discussing former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White declaring themselves eligible for the WNBA draft after saying they identify as women. Rob says the story has local implications because of recent comments from Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, and he argues the WNBA created this situation by becoming a political operation instead of simply acknowledging that biological men and women have different physical advantages in sports. He says Kanter Freedom and White are calling the league’s bluff under its own eligibility standards, forcing the WNBA to either clearly define women’s sports around biological sex or risk legal and public-relations consequences. The show also turns to Jacob Stewart’s IndyStar column on Governor Mike Braun extending Indiana’s gas tax suspension after previously saying he had no authority to do it again. Rob says he supports suspending the gas tax because it helps affordability, but argues Braun is using a ridiculous emergency justification, including the war in Ukraine and Canadian wildfires, instead of calling a special session and having the General Assembly act through law. Rob compares the move to Eric Holcomb’s unchecked COVID executive orders, saying conservatives cannot oppose executive overreach only when they dislike the result while accepting it when it saves them money at the pump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices