John Harbaugh “Going Trump” on Immigration: “Build a Wall, It’s Not That Hard”

Much like athletes, head football coaches are not role models. They are people who have opinions and make decisions that can be difficult for us to understand. Like us, they likely have trouble understanding their own motivations and thoughts from time to time. On Saturday, during a post-practice press conference, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh appeared to have that exact problem, delivering a political analogy that left many of us scratching our heads.

It all started when Harbaugh was asked whether he believes NFL referees should be allowed to work at training camps with NFL teams, so that they can also prepare for the upcoming season. Harbaugh is in favor of the idea, and so are the referees, and the NFL claims to be as well, but when it comes to actually implementing this idea, the problem of proper compensation arises, something that has always been an issue between the officials and the league (let us not forget about the referee lockout in 2012).

However, while he was trying to explain his view on the situation, Harbaugh unraveled a pretty complicated analogy that started with talk about politicians and Washington, and then ended on Trump and immigration and naturalization. See if you can make heads or tails of it:

So, Harbaugh is advocating for the erection of a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico, but is also in favor of naturalizing the "hard-working people" who are already here. Not an impossible view to hold, but certainly an uncommon one. And, also, definitely not the view that Trump holds.

And how does all of this relate to officiated training camps? Well, we're still trying to figure that one out.

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[via Deadspin]