I believe the discontinued Fairmont cards have been auto-converted to Sapphire Preferred, but that's a different situation than the introduction of a new card. If Chase loses the Marriott contract it's possible the accounts would be sold to the new issuer, but you should have an opportunity to cancel.
So in that example, if the person never had the CSP and by Chase automatically force-converting the card, did he/she lose eligibility for the CSP bonus for at least two years?