[Andy Grady]

<G100a> Any robot that deploys an object with the sole purpose of entangling another robot will be disqualified from the round, and will be asked to remove such an object from the robot.

<G100b> Incidental entanglement for more than 30 seconds will result in a match "time out" where time will be stopped, the robots will be separated, and the match will continue where it left off. In order for teams to avoid the problems that entanglement can pose, FIRST recommends that teams try to avoid using such materials as nets, rope, and other matter which can be ripped into during a match, causing robots to be tangled.

<G100c> If a robot is continuously becomming entangled in other robots due to design or material, referees may ask teams to remove or change that material from the robot for the remainder of the competition.

Pretty simple...keep the rules to the discression of the refs as they have been. Maybe crack down a little more on netting materials on robots. The 30 second rule is actually a rule that used to be active in FIRST back in 1995. On a few occasions robots would get tangled with each other, or the playing field and timeouts would be called. Might not be a bad idea to bring those back.