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This story is part of ESPN The Magazines Oct. 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!Indiana PacersOverall: 36 Title track: 87 Ownership: 51 Coaching: 97 Players: 44 Fan relations: 47 Affordability: 9 Stadium experience: 41 Bang for the buck: 33 Change from last year: -23The Pacers enter their 50th anniversary season with a lot to celebrate. Paul George is back to staking his claim as one of the NBAs top five players, with his horrific injury now a distant memory. This offseason, team brass orchestrated one of the leagues most impressive roster overhauls by snagging Jeff Teague, Al Jefferson and Thaddeus Young. But according to these rankings -- the Pacers are down 23 spots -- Indy backers werent digging all of Larry Birds moves.Whats goodCatching a game at the Fieldhouse can make you feel like youre at an Indiana high school gymnasium, and the price you pay at the door doesnt do much to dispel that notion. Compare Indys average ticket price ($38.97) with that of its closest neighbor, the Bulls ($82.33). Throw in incidentals such as parking ($12), soda ($4.50) and a program ($0), and Indy fans are looking at the fourth-cheapest game-day experience in the league. Fans ranked the Pacers the ninth-most affordable team to support in all of sports. With 10-game plans starting at $17 a ticket and promos such as $10 College Night, getting a chance to see PG go coast-to-coast isnt going to break the bank.Whats badAfter taking over as the interim head coach in 2011, Frank Vogel ushered in the franchises greatest success since Reggie Miller had both hands around his throat. Vogels team made two Eastern Conference finals appearances and a conference semifinal and almost made the playoffs in the aftermath of Georges shocking injury. This season, the Pacers almost orchestrated another stunner when they took the second-seeded Raptors to Game 7. As such, when Larry Bird gave Vogel the heave-ho in May, claiming he wanted a more wide-open attack and a new voice, fans were none too pleased. Of course, Birds choice of replacement might be as much behind the teams 97th-place coaching rank (a 53-spot drop from last year): Vogels assistant, Nate McMillan ... he of the 485-454 career record.Whats newIndianas fans are still getting a bargain, but the front office hiked tickets nearly 15 percent last season (yes, thats how cheap they were before) in a move that not even their newly rolled out Hickory High jerseys could cover up. That price jump -- plus two straight seasons of not making it past the first round of the playoffs -- dropped the Pacers 29 spots in bang for the buck (to 33rd, a number Bird wont like). To make amends, the front office will celebrate its 50th anniversary this season with six Decade Games. 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Players will be excluded from State of Origin selection by the NRL because of off-field transgressions, as games governing body takes a hard-line stance on player misbehaviour.The move comes after Andrew Fifita and Semi Radradras exclusion on Tuesday from Australias Four Nations squad due to behavioural issues.ARL Chairman John Grant said the code had set a standard that would straddle the entire representative scene.You will see this sort of cultural statement flow down to Origin, Grant said on Tuesday at Rugby League Central at the announcement of the Kangaroos Four Nations squad.Fifita was left out as a result of his support of one-punch killer Kieran Loveridge, while Radradra faces domestic violence allegations.Fifita and Radradra had been permitted to continue playing in the NRL due to their contracts with their respective Cronulla and Parramatta clubs, Grant explained.They are contracted to their clubs - their clubs are bound to that contract of employment, Grant said.There is not a contract to play with the Kangaroos. It is a privilege and an honour.Player misbehaviour has punctuated much of 2016, starting with Mitchell Pearcces Australia Day antics.dddddddddddd.Last year, Pearces Sydney Roosters teammate Shaun Kenny-Dowall was permitted to play on the Kiwis end-of-season tour despite facing allegations of domestic violence. The NRL refused to cede to requests from NSW Premier Mike Baird to stand down Kenny-Dowall who was found not guilty in February of all 11 charges levelled at him.NSW coach Laurie Daley took his own stance against player dramas when he excluded Pearce from selection in 2014, after the star halfback was arrested in Kings Cross.Queensland coach Kevin Walters was also forced to move on players off-field antics earlier this year.Ben Hunt, Dylan Napa, Anthony Milford, Jarrod Wallace, Edrick Lee and Chris Grevsmuhl joined Cameron Munster and Valentine Holmes in all being excluded from Maroons selection this year after a boozy night out in January during an emerging Origin camp.Holmes has subsequently earned selection in coach Mal Meningas 24-man Four Nations squad after a starring season with premiers Cronulla. ' ' '