@Epic
Its funny that you mention not getting paired up with people a lot lower than you, cause I wind up getting Kiwi and Front at least once a day when queuing. I believe Im about 4350 or something in Glads, yet I still get matched with them while they're 6k+. Granted, I lose less of my overall score when matching with them (only lose-20 or something instead of the usual 48-50). Funny that I've not gotten you at all. Could it perhaps have anything to do with the times you're queuing?
As for the rest of the thread, yes, removing a player from the search if they get the away tag would be great, also applying a penalty to people who get the away tag while in the arena would be great too. Glad this is being addressed though.