Re: I have been loading in with 16 teams(48 players) in pubs lately, anyone else?

Yes,for the last several days.  US west.

"EA/Respawn has to know about this and is just not fixing the issue."

I don't see why the latter half of this statement would be a reasonable conclusion to draw.  The game has lots of issues, and solving them takes time.  This particular issue could easily be very complicated.