[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92

http://usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Com...0Game_RevK.pdf
Straight of the FIRST website:

<R19> ROBOTS must be designed so that in normal operation BALLS cannot extend more than 3 inches inside:
a) the FRAME PERIMETER below the level of the BUMPER ZONE (see figure 8-5).
b) a MECHANISM or feature designed to deflect balls in a controlled manner that is above the level of the BUMPER ZONE.
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It says right there that it can't extend more than 3 inches INTO the MECHANISM not the robot, the ball cannot extend more than 3 inches into the robot under the bumper zone not above it.