Why is there a game timer?

I’m at level 45 and most of my games this week have been blowouts with my team either getting crushed or crushing the other team.  I had one great, equally matched game that was declared a draw even though both teams had about 600 tickets remaining.  I had several other close games that ended prematurely with each team having several hundred tickets each, but the team with the most tickets was declared the winner.  In each instance the losing team was within striking distance of retaking the lead.

What is the reasoning behind implementing a timer?  This is one of the dumbest changes I’ve seen so far.  As a player you suffer through numerous mismatched games and when you finally get into a fun, close match, the timer ends it early.  Way to go EA/Dice….