[tkwetzel]

The way I see this is that FIRST has said you may uncap a goal and any balls on top are incidental as long as your robot does not touch them. If the robot grabs the 2x ball (instead of simply pushing it out) then the large ball will be part of the robot and in contact with the small balls, therefore ensuing a penalty. So the small balls that come out of the goal without being touched by your robot will not count towards the score. All in all, I think FIRST says you may remove a 2x ball that has small balls on top of it as long as you do not touch those small balls. But how many balls can you really have on top of the large ball? The PVC will bend out of the way.