Mark Cuban Worked At Dairy Queen Over Beef With Ref

Mark Cuban has never been shy about criticizing referees.

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In 2002, the Mavs lost to the Hawks on a controversial no-call from the refs.

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However, Cuban didn’t blame it on the refs in the game.

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Instead, he blamed it on the NBA’s Head of Officiating, Ed Rush.

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Cuban claimed he wouldn’t even trust Rush to run a Dairy Queen.

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Cuban was fined $500K, but Dairy Queen then challenged him to run a DQ himself.

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Cuban actually agreed, and worked a shift at a DQ near Dallas.

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DQ paid him $8 an hour, and the store line went out the door.

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DQ’s sales tripled that day, and it’s all thanks to Cuban’s beef with NBA refs.

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