Rule Changes at off season competitions

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Originally Posted by Ken Leung

2. Up the weight limit to 140 lbs. I think this will allow teams to add a whole new component to their robot if they want to. They can use bigger chains, bigger wheels, or add another set of pneumatics on their robot. While 10 lbs isn't a whole lot, it can be a matter of life and death for an arm, a winch, or a ball roller. I think with enough ahead of time announcement, this rule can be applied to an off season event and motivate teams to work on their robot during the summer.

This would provide a disadvantage to teams going to more than one offseason event if all of their events didn't adopt this rule.