Buy stock in Dairy Queen. Now. Well, first find out if Dairy Queen is a publicly traded company, THEN buy the stock. Then send a note of thanks to Mark Cuban for the tip.

ESPN.com's News Services reported earlier today that Dairy Queen issued a public response to Cuban's comment that he wouldn't hire the NBA's Director of Officials Ed Rush "to manage a Dairy Queen":

"We are certainly impressed that Dairy Queen is top of mind with Mark Cuban. We like the publicity he's generated for us. But Mr. Cuban may be surprised to find out how much it takes to manage a Dairy Queen. We invite Mr. Cuban in to manage a Dairy Queen for a day."

Cuban's response? "Actually I would love to do it for a day," Cuban told ESPN.com's Darren Rovell by e-mail Thursday. "I brought up DQ because I love 'em. Any additional pounds I have are due exclusively to Blizzards and Blizzards alone."

No truth to the rumor that the manager of a Dairy Queen in Wetumka, Oklahoma is fearing for his job security.

"I want DQs to continue to be as professionally managed as they are," Cuban continued, "which when combined for my love of Blizzards led me to issue my public warning to their senior management about potential employees."

Just a hunch Mark, but you may want to go ahead and fill out a check payable to the NBA and send it in. Let them fill in the amount.