Bay Area high school football league addresses viral “BTA” TikTok trend causing fights across nation

OAKLAND – One section in California is taking steps to ensure that a viral social media trend does not cause postgame fights in the East Bay.

The “belt to ass” video trend, which depicts football players from the winning team using towels or belts to slap losing players on their rear end as they walk by in the handshake line, has become popular on social media platform TikTok.

This “BTA” trend recently made a headlines in Houston, and several videos on TikTok show players and coaches...