Michael's mess

You are Michael Vick, star quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons.

You make millions.

In the offseason, you could do just about anything Donald Trump does.

So apparently you choose … dogfighting?

Lots of NFL fans want Vick to say it ain’t so, but ....

On April 25, police conducting a drug investigation — right there, that is not good news — raided a 15-acre estate Vick owned in Smithfield, Va. Turns out Vick’s cousin — the target of the drug raid — said he lived there.

Police founds dozens of mistreated dogs that appeared to be used for fighting — along with equipment typically used for dogfighting.

We’re talking treadmills to build stamina, syringes for injecting various stimulants, “pry bars” used for prying apart the vise-like jaws of pit bulls. Oh, and bloodstained carpeting.

Of the 66 dogs found, 55 were pit bulls. The property also may contain the carcasses of 30 other fighting dogs.

Hey, it’s not like there’s a retirement plan in dogfighting. You have a few matches, then it’s that Great Big Kennel in the Sky.

Can it get worse for No. 7? Uh, yes.

ESPN cited a “reliable police informant” who said Vick is “one of the heavyweights” in area dogfighting circles. He reportedly bet big bucks on fights.

"I’m talking $30,000, $40,000," the informant told ESPN. “ … I’ve seen it.”

Vick says he didn’t live at the estate. He said he was taken advantage of by family members who did.

Heck, he said he didn’t know that the large kennel there might have been used for anything illegal. (I guess he thought it was a puppy mill.)

Let’s hope so, Michael.

But right now, this thing stinks like a locker room after a September game.

If Vick is innocent, he needs to hang around with a better crowd to avoid these kinds of, er, misunderstandings.

If he’s guilty, he’s really dumb.

If he’s guilty, did he really think this would go on without anybody noticing … or running his mouth?

Gee whiz, if Vick likes animals that much, why not dabble in horseracing like all the other millionaires?

It’s safer, more glamorous, and outside of a few shady tracks and stablehands, reasonably legal.