On the battlebots subreddit, a member of Team Mohawk said the following when asked about the entanglement:
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It was one of those situations where entanglement weapons were included into an "...etc" section of the rules. "No fishing lines, ball bearings, etc..."
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Now, in my (and I think most people's) opinion, a net is clearly within that etc. but I understand the argument that it isn't. The real mistake CC made was not clearing it with a judge first (perhaps they went and asked a producer who said "sure! sounds exciting" without really caring about the rules), and I think resetting the match was the correct move. It's unfortunate that the match went poorly for both bots after the reset.
As a side note, would some sort of thick foam work to catch a horizontal spinner? It wouldn't be entanglement, per say, but rather absorbing all the kinetic energy...