RIDDELL SPORTS INC.

                               OFFER TO EXCHANGE
 10 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007, WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
              ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, FOR ANY AND ALL OUTSTANDING
                         10 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007
 
To: BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS,
    TRUST COMPANIES AND OTHER NOMINEES:
 
     Riddell Sports Inc. (the 'Company') is offering, upon and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus, dated August 7, 1997 (the
'Prospectus'), and the enclosed Letter of Transmittal (the 'Letter of
Transmittal'), to exchange (the 'Exchange Offer') its 10 1/2% Senior Notes Due
2007, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
for its outstanding 10 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2007 (the 'Old Senior Notes'). The
Exchange Offer is being made in order to satisfy certain obligations of the
Company contained in the Registration Rights Agreement dated June 19, 1997, by
and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors referrred to therein and the
initial purchasers referred to therein.
 
     We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Old
Senior Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for
forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Old Senior Notes registered in your
name or in the name of your nominee, or who hold Old Senior Notes registered in
their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:
 
          1. Prospectus dated August 7, 1997;
 
          2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of
     your clients;
 
          3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange
     Offer if certificates for Old Senior Notes are not immediately available or
     time will not permit all required documents to reach the Exchange Agent
     prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) or if the procedure for
     book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis;
 
          4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose
     account you hold Old Senior Notes registered in your name or the name of
     your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients' instructions
     with regard to the Exchange Offer; and
 
          5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
     Substitute Form W-9.
 
     YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1997, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY
(THE 'EXPIRATION DATE'). OLD SENIOR NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE
OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.
 
     To participate in the Exchange Offer, a duly executed and properly

completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required
signature guarantees and any other required documents, should be sent to the
Exchange Agent and certificates representing the Old Senior Notes should be
delivered to the Exchange Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set
forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.
 
     If holders of Old Senior Notes wish to tender, but it is impracticable for
them to forward their certificates for Old Senior Notes prior to the expiration
of the Exchange Offer or to comply with the book-entry transfer procedures on a
timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the guaranteed delivery
procedures described in the Prospectus under 'The Exchange Offer--Guaranteed
Delivery Procedures.'
 
     The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial
banks and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses
incurred by them in forwarding the Prospectus and the related documents to the
beneficial owners of Old Senior Notes held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary
capacity. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes
applicable to the exchange of



Old Senior Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except as set forth in
Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
 
     Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or requests
for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to Marine
Midland Bank, the Exchange Agent for the Old Senior Notes, at its address and
telephone number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.
 
                                          Very truly yours,


                                          RIDDELL SPORTS INC.

 
     NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF
THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN
THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
 
Enclosures