PHOENIX — Art Rooney II stands by the policy that bears his family name, and the NFL at large does as well.

Four days after Florida attorney general James Uthmeier sent an open letter to league commissioner Roger Goodell that termed the Rooney Rule “illegal in Florida,” current Steelers president Rooney II said he “doesn’t anticipate any dramatic changes to the Rooney Rule.”

“We probably will have some conversations with the attorney general down there just so he understands exactly what we do,” Rooney II said after NFL owners meetings wrapped up Tuesday. “It’s not a hiring rule. So I think we are comfortable with where we are.”

Unlike Rooney II, Gooddell’s background is not in law. But he does agree with Rooney II’s contention that the Rooney Rule “is consistent with” federal and state hiring laws.

“The Rooney Rule is not a hiring mandate,” Goodell said during a news conference at the Arizona Biltmore resort.

“The Rooney Rule has been around a long time,” he said moments later, “we’ve adapted, we’ve changed it, and we’ll continue to do that.”

The Rooney Rule is a policy first adopted in 2003 and named after Rooney II’s father, then-Steelers president Dan. The policy has been modified and strengthened several times since that is intended to encourage teams to hire more minority coaches and executives. It requires teams with openings for high-profile roles to interview at least two external diverse candidates (minority or female) for head coach and general manager vacancies, and at least one for senior positions. It has been expanded to include coordinator and quarterbacks coach openings.

Uthmeier in his letter asked the NFL to confirm “no later than May 1” that it would no longer enforce the Rooney Rule for its three Florida-based franchises or that it could face enforcement actions for race-based discrimination.

Rooney II said Uthmeier’s position was brought up during the annual owners meeting this week at the Arizona Biltmore resort.

“There were some questions about it,” Rooney II said. “(But) there was no (formal) action taken (by any governmental agency against the NFL) — just a statement from the Florida attorney general.”

Rooney II said the NFL is “always” looking at its employment data and examining league hiring policy. That topic was apparently touched on in generalities this week in Phoenix, but not within the context of ending its high-profile, two-decade minority-hiring policy.

“I think everybody (among NFL owners) is still in favor of the Rooney Rule,” Rooney II said. “There was no discussion about getting rid of it, that’s for sure.”