You literally can't play fortnite without a license from epic or epic's servers. You can play soccer with a ball and a field, no FIFA involved.
Except you can't in any serious organised form, like the olympics would be, or they'll come after you / the payers.
I can play any of those sports without making an account with the FIE or FIFA. How do they have control? They have great influence, obviously, but not control.
There is a difference between commercial corporation creating a game with purpose of making money for shareholders and non-profit organization with elected president created by people doing an existing sport.