touche! I am flexible but unwilling to upgrade any time soon. Good Value, I don’t need a d300
Still a lot of things missing… outdoor at night, or day? Sidelines, or nosebleed seats? Really fast action (soccer, football, basketball), or more predictable and slower, like baseball?
If you don’t need a D300, then drop right on down to the D60 and have at it. The lens choice is going to depend greatly on the answers to those questions above… though the 70-200 f/2.8 VR is always at the top of any sports list.
If you are fairly close to the action, you might be best served with something like the 85mm f/1.8, a short telephoto on the D60, with a very fast aperture. As you get further away from the action, the more it costs to keep those high shutter speeds… (G) For nosebleed seats, a little longer reach like the Sigma 120-400 or the Nikon 80-400 VR may be in order.
Seriously, you could walk into the store and just grab the 1st camera off the rack. The body isn’t the difficult part. It’s matching the lens or lenses for what you intend to do with the camera that is the hard (and expensive) part.