Not So Black and White tells the tale of two referees: Mike Partlow and Joann Sather. From Sather's early years:

A contentious high school girls' basketball game just ended. Fouls played a major role in the outcome. The losing side heads to the locker room feeling slighted. This is no place for a referee.

But Joann Sather walks in anyway.

She has to. This being the start of her officiating career, there are no separate changing facilities for female referees, so Sather shares a locker room with the visiting team.

Tension rises. Accusations fly. Players are restrained.

Sather quietly changes her clothes amid glares and insults, foregoes a shower, and departs.