PvP unable to join.

I was unable to join a PvP ranked match. How is this an abandonment of a match. I quote from the Crystalline Conflict PvP guide:

Abandoning Matches

Players who abandon a Crystalline Conflict match (not including players who join a match in progress or are vote kicked) will receive a penalty. Players so penalized during casual matches will be unable to use the Duty Finder for 30 minutes.
Penalties for ranked matches will vary depending on the frequency of abandonment. Access to the Duty Finder will be suspended for 30 minutes as a penalty for the first abandonment, 90 minutes for the second, and 180 minutes for any subsequent abandonments.

Additionally, players inactive for over a period of two minutes will automatically be removed from play and penalized for abandoning the match.

How is not being able to join a PvP match an offense for abandonment? This is beyond me. There are no griefing strategies nor reactions here. Instead this is a directed harassment towards players who want to play ranked matches.

To put is simple: Ronaldo can't join a football match because he injured himself prior to a match. Should he get a red card for not joining? Should a basketball player like Giannis Antetokounmpo be banned from the season for not being able to join?

This kind of intolerance and implementation from the developer team is unacceptable.

To put it even simpler: IF Statement -> IF (Player = instance) then penalty ELSE (Player not in Instance, no penalty)