NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell met with NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and other union executives for several hours Friday to discuss issues related to domestic violence and sexual assault. In a letter to all 32 NFL owners Friday, a copy of which was obtained by Newsday, Goodell said he met with the NFLPA representatives “to continue discussing issues of personal conduct, including training, education, family services, and the disciplinary process.”

Goodell said last Friday — at his first news conference since Ray Rice was suspended Sept. 8 after a video was released showing him punching his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer — that he wanted to update the league’s personal conduct policy.