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Sportscar racing in NA is destroyng itself as single-seaters did, and it all started years before the WEC was dreamed up, the rumoured GTE drain is due to GA GT3's and US DTM (if it happens).
Without the WEC Audi and Peugeot would have been racing a couple of times per year, that's if they were still in the sport, without them you could kiss goodbye to Porsche, Toyota, Honda, Nissan etc.
There's no reason to suggest the LMS won't improve next year, it isn't comparable with the ALMS, Blancpain is it's direct competition as it's competitor focused with European endurance races and similar cars. Two European series which should each see healthy grids and be backed up by national series like ADAC, French and British GT.
WEC will be the pinnacle for teams currently competing in the series mentioned previously, there'll also be interest from single seater and touring car teams and drivers.
The ALMS wants to play a similar role in NA, but local manufactuers and importers aren't backing the series, some are even are backing it's direct rivals, while the days of Indycar teams and drivers running ALMS programs seem well and truly gone.
It's a global economy, with global media coverage, the ALMS still seem to think they can put together a world class WEC rival consisting of a dozen rounds in NA, it can't happen. They either need to slash the number of rounds and encourage some of the big players to do dual WEC/ALMS campaigns, or follow the LMS model.
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