Lynx forward Maya Moore is a two-time WNBA champion and was last year's league MVP. In virtually every men's pro sports league, that would mean her profile is at an all-time high — certainly higher than it was in high school or college.

But in the WNBA, it's not. Moore writes for The Players' Tribune about the feeling of being far less visible now that she is at the pinnacle of her pro career. It's worth a read. Here's a snippet:

After four years and two national championships, I went No. 1 in the 2011 WNBA Draft. That's when I felt the drop.

There's this unnatural break in exposure for the highest level of women's basketball in the world. Wait, what happened here? That's a question we as WNBA players ask ourselves. We go from amazing AAU experiences to high school All-American games to the excitement and significant platform of the collegiate level to … this. All of that visibility to … this. Less coverage. Empty seats. Fewer eyeballs. In college, your coaches tell you to stay focused on your team and the game — not the media attention. But you know you're on national television. You know people are following you. You can feel the excitement. And then as a professional, all of that momentum, all of that passion, all of that support — the ball of momentum is deflating before my eyes.

Gone.

It's frustrating on several levels. We professional female athletes are continuing to grow and evolve, and trying to make an impact on our communities and other young lives — all of those things we maybe didn't have time for as student-athletes. And now, there are fewer eyeballs to even inspire or influence because the exposure to the players and our game isn't as great. It's hard. Somewhere up the chain of command — in companies that, in many ways, dictate what is "cool" — people are making choices not to celebrate the WNBA and its players. We have a great deal with ESPN — they renewed our contract to televise a certain amount of WNBA games, which is great. It's a huge reason of why we're going to continue being successful as a league. But engaged and invested cultural influencers and partners in corporate America are crucial in elevating the profile of the WNBA. We have a product worth celebrating.