“You mean the later incident in 2001 that he passed upstairs to Curley...”
Yes, that’s the one. The one that he failed to report to the police even though he knew this was a pattern of behavior at that point. The incident where he advised his cronies to be humane to Sandusky but didn’t express one shred of humanity towards Sandusky’s victim. That’s the one.
Advising others to be humane is certainly not covering it up. The Colorado shooter is being treated humanely.
If he was not involved in the 1998 incident I can somewhat understand such a request, but it doesn't mean that the Athletic Director, the Finance Director, the President of the University, and Chief of the Penn State University Police, who were all involved in the 1998 incident, should accede to the request or give him any kind of pass. Paterno put the ball into their hands. What did they do with it???