Not entirely. There is no speed limit if you are shooting at 5 grains per pound. However, you may shoot under 5 grains per pound so long as your arrows speed does not exceed 280fps with 3% variance. So in this case Fran would be toast with his 5.5 gpi arrows. Largely it doesn't ever matter except in sanctioned events... most of the club shoots have their own set of rules and equipment violations (be them honest or otherwise) are RAMPANT. But the point is to have fun, so long as you do... mission accomplished!