Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez are back on track to be the majority owners for the Timberwolves and Lynx after a three-person arbitration panel ruled in their favor on Monday that Glen Taylor was not within his rights to terminate the purchase agreement last spring.

Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore are finally set to take over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Arbitrators have ruled in favor of Rodriguez and Lore over current owner Glen Taylor in their long, tumultuous fight over the future of that franchise and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx on Monday,

Just in: Arbitrators have ruled Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez over Glen Taylor as the next majority ownership group of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Lore and Rodriguez told ESPN. The NBA’s Board of Governors now have to approve Lore and Rodriguez. pic.twitter.com/qpF3BW3J7B

The ownership transfer of the Minnesota Timberwolves must continue as originally planned. An arbitration panel has ruled that controlling owner Glen Taylor must cede control of the NBA club to partners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez in the disputed final phase of the sale.